Psalm 64:3
New King James Version
3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
Proverbs 12:18
New King James Version
18 (A)There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise promotes health.
Psalm 58:7
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7 (A)Let them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
James 3:6-8
New King James Version
6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (B)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [b]nature; and it is set on fire by [c]hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, (C)full of deadly poison.
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Psalm 57:4
New King James Version
4 My soul is among lions;
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
(A)Whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 11:2
New King James Version
2 For look! (A)The wicked bend their bow,
They make ready their arrow on the string,
That they may shoot [a]secretly at the upright in heart.
Footnotes
- Psalm 11:2 Lit. in darkness
Jeremiah 9:3
New King James Version
3 “And like their bow (A)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from (B)evil to evil,
And they (C)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
Isaiah 54:17
New King James Version
17 No weapon formed against you shall (A)prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
(B)And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.
Proverbs 30:14
New King James Version
14 (A)There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And whose fangs are like knives,
(B)To devour the poor from off the earth,
And the needy from among men.
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